Procurement Clerks build social perceptiveness, judgment and decision making and complex problem solving skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (88%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 88% | $59,650 | +18% | None |
| 2 | Office Clerks, General | 87% | $45,010 | −11% | None |
| 3 | Order Clerks | 86% | $46,170 | −9% | None |
| 4 | Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 84% | $45,260 | −11% | None |
| 5 | Customer Service Representatives | 84% | $44,770 | −11% | None |
| 6 | Correspondence Clerks | 83% | $46,800 | −7% | None |
| 7 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 81% | $58,650 | +16% | None |
| 8 | Postal Service Clerks | 81% | $62,130 | +23% | None |
| 9 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 80% | $47,540 | −6% | None |
| 10 | Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks | 80% | $50,080 | −1% | None |
Compared with Procurement Clerks, median $50,580. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as procurement clerks (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
88% skill match · $59,650 · +18% pay
Troubleshooting · Operations Monitoring · Systems Analysis
87% skill match · $45,010 · −11% pay
Operations Monitoring · Troubleshooting · Operation and Control
86% skill match · $46,170 · −9% pay
Quality Control Analysis · Operation and Control · Troubleshooting
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks (88% skill match, median $59,650), Office Clerks, General (87% skill match, median $45,010) and Order Clerks (86% skill match, median $46,170), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 9 pay more than procurement clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (+91%, $96,660), Gambling Managers (+84%, $93,220) and Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants (+51%, $76,590).
20 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.